White Hat — 白い帽子

White Hat (Shiroi boshi) is a woodblock print that takes a single accessory as its title and likely its focal point. The white hat draws the eye through its brightness against whatever surrounds it, functioning as both fashion item and compositional anchor. Maeda Toshiro may depict the hat on a figure or isolated as a still-life object, but either way its whiteness poses a technical challenge in woodblock printing, where the lightest areas are typically left as bare paper. The hat's form, whether structured or soft, Western or Japanese in style, would tell the viewer about the wearer's era, class, and occasion.